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I’ll come out for it! Colorado isn’t too bad of a drive. I think it took me 14 hours to get to Springs last time I went out there.
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Wife requested solid grab handles after some of those descents in Moab. Got the Hooke offroad ones
I thought Tyler was just whining about me driving him around with his broken Jeep, but then used some in Josh’s... is there any major difference between Hooke and Grabbars that won you over?
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Just the price for me. $35 for the Hooke and $90 for the Grabars. If that’s not a concern then Grabars are made in USA and probably guaranteed top notch quality but I haven’t seen them myself. The Hookes seem like great quality as well though. The powder coat seems nice, they are sturdy and the welds look decent. I know Grabar sells specific grommets for the later model TJs which would probably sway me over to those if I didn’t have an early TJ.
I’m not sure where @zebra12 got our gaskets but they were cheap. I use the Hooke ones as well with great results.
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He was teetering for sure. I’m glad there was no carnage there!
Grabars are solid steel. Some of the lesser expensive versions are tube and some of those have bent or ripped off the mounting plate.
That might be one of the more popular pics from this week!
Hey buddy! Kind of sort of in your neck of the woods. Williams KOA, headed to GC tomorrow.
The Hooke ones are solid. And the welds are better than a lot posted here on this forum.....well mine at least
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Come wheel with @Chris and I on Sunday!
I can't
I'll be lucky if the jeep makes it home as toad at this juncture. It's howling at me bad!
That’s Poison Spider on a tough climb in one of the playgrounds. I screwed up and had him cut it when it started hopping when he really needed to goose it a little (we learned this from the next few that went through). I barely caught his passenger tire with my foot (but I’m not sure if that’s what kept him from flipping) before others could come on the bottom.
Never made it up that obstacle. Climbed over everything else, but that got the best of me. @jjvw , @rasband @starkey480 and @ChevyKeith got up it.
I admired you wanting to give it another go anyway - I’m still a little stumped why you didn’t clean it the next go around.
Me too. I guess everyone needs that one unbested challenge for their next time. Although I climbed much harder shit all week.
Ok, I almost turned sideways on the one on hell’s back in 2019 that few people run . It has a small ledge halfway up and you have to give it the gas or you won’t make that ledge and if you don’t it’s a backwards pullout. Scary moment